The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-30
The CAMPAIGN,

claim The State. ~ lIsrgi
THE CAMPAIGN. n
Tho Hard Fight That was Made, and tho
Gront 1ntorest Taken by All. s Z. 4,
A Chattanooga, Tenn, dispatch OF the
eth instant, said: Thursday the voters
Of Tennessee will Say at the ballot.box
whether or not clause shall be put in
the Cons.itution OF the State for ever pro.
hibitfng the manufacture and sale Of in.
|toxicsting liquors within the border Of the
State The contest has baen a bitter one,
but at this writing there lie every reason to
believe that tho prohibition amendment
will be defeated. Prominent prohibition.
lists who have heretofore claimed the
State by handsome majority now CON.
cede, as the campaign ia about closed, that
tbs "wets" will probably have majority
Of 25,000. From the latest Gdvices re.
ceivsd, prohibition will carry by a hand
some msjority in East Tennessee, the Re-
publican stronghold Of the State, but in
Middle and West Tennessee it will be de-
fsated by On overwhelming majority. ~
It is claimed that in order 10 carry the
prohibitory amendment at least llS OOo
voteu will have to be caat in its favos. The
Constitution provides that the vote on any
amendment to the Constitution shsll be
based upon the number Of ballots Gust at
the last election for Representative in the
agiaiature. The vote WAS little over
330, 900. In an or-year, or at time when
there ia 10 presidential campaign on to
bring out the voters, very light vote can
be countsd on in this State. The. p.ohi.
bitiou campaign has been made pretty
warm from one end Of the State to the
other, but. unlees there is great chsnge
between now and election day, not more
than one-half cf tbs vote Of the State will
be cast. The country districts, which are
really , 25 sss5ts Ts.y9 .5I5 ~ =, NJ
THE PROHIBITION sTRoSdHoLDs, IN 4
are not awakened up to the subject. Ten.
nessea has what .in known as "the fou.-
mile law" which empowers any commu-
nifty outeide otthe cities 10 build school
house and charter it, and then, unless it
be the will OF the people, no saloon can
be opened or conducted within four miles
Of HaId eGhool house. Thia is not only
local option, but hes brought about com.
plete prohibition in many Of the connties
Of the State. For that reason the voters
in tho counties where prohibition now sx.
ists are showing much indifference over
the result Of the coming contest. They
have very little eympsthy with the cities,
and take tho ground that they. ought to
bo ablo to take care Of themselves. 2
During the campaign, which will close
Tomorrow night, tho Prohibitionis.s have
had in the State somo Of their ableot
epeakera. The an:is have done but little
Campaign work. A few speeches have
been msda in the larger cties OF the State
by men oppaaed to the adoption of the
amendment, but the "weis" have reaorted
slmcok entirely to tho plan Of conducting
"stii! hunt" For tho past week many
Of the ladies OF tho Women's Chrintian
Tenn parance Union hsve hsou making a
cauvass from house to houoe in the cities
trying to induce men to vote for prohibi-
tior. In maay localities these same wo.
men will ba at the polls on election day,
and will Toyk until the last ballot is cast,
at 4 O'Clock in tho a.tsrnoo1. q! : l.3,szl993'
DuElNa TIE PROHIBITION CAMrAlaN h
ut Atlanta, 8 large majority Of tho colored
vote was cast against the liquor traffic.
In Tennessee just opposite eau be said,
The antis will get four votes out OF every
Gro caat by the colored men. Z That will
give them strong leverage in Knoxville,
Chattanoogs, Nashville, Memph;s and
Clarksvillo. &. u e 8 Z. 8
The best poated politicians predict that
the total vote cast next Thursday will not
exceed 200. .000,' and some say 1t may fall
far short Of those figures. In 1884 the
total vote coat in the State was abou. a7O,-
600, but there were 5000 il5 ut
sTAY-AT.uoME voTERa II y Il Z!
who did not exercise the right Of aufrrage.
Should the yoto reach the outside limit,
is predicted by, those who are at the
head Of the various committees that the
total vote for prohibition will fall short Of
l00, 900. ~ \ Il @ X g. i
In East Tennessee the campaign has
been bitter, especially among the minis.
tes5. Some Of them have left their pull
pits and taken the stump, devoting nearly
nll of their time to campaign work.
There has not been so much interest mani.
tested In tho Central mud Western portions
OF tho State. The liquor. men! ara conf
dent OF a big victory, whilo the leading
advocates OF prohibition cay that, If they
do not succeed, they will at least get the
question squarely before the people, and
Try 1t again at some future time. There
are probably; not ncore Of leading prohi.
bltionietD in tho State who expect to
achieve victory, while the anita are cnnf,, ,
dent Of defeating tho amendment. alissl
011cers Elected By Union Veterans. !;
CLEVELAND, Sept ooa.-The Union Vet.
erans' Union elected tho following ofIicelrrs; ::
Commsnder.in. Ohiei, N. A. Dillon, oi
Washington, D.. o.; First Deputy Com.
mander. William T. Clark, Of Cleveland
Second Deputy Commander, John A, Ful.
!, weller, Of Illinois; Surgeon General, DR.,
| Charles Lloyd, Of Masaacbuaetta Z Chap,
llain.in: Chiei, Dol. G. NJ. + Elliott, OF Kan.
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